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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 7h

Our wishlist is nutty. Our pigs can locate a suspicious pill with the precision of a TSA agent. Everyone has questions. Everyone would like a second opinion from a pig whose medical credentials are “I smelled something.” Our goal is to have 10 people grab the peanut butter goodness! a.co/8SciIxG

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 13h

Side effects may also include rearranging your entire life around tiny hoofed opinions and somehow being completely fine with it. #PigParents #RescuePigs #CottonBranch

Cotton Branch pig meme: Warning: Exposure to Pigs

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 22h

This past Sunday, Josh shared how pigs can help people living with trauma feel safe and grounded. It’s part of why we’re building Safe Harbor Refuge Project, a future mental health program guided by licensed clinicians. We’re taking our time and doing it right. Listen to his story. ❤️🐷

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 06/10/2026

Apparently the radical position is: Animals deserve kindness. Animals deserve safety. Animals deserve dignity. Their lives matter. Fine by us. 🐷❤️ RADICALIZED BY BASIC DECENCY. We’ve been radicalized by compassion. No recovery planned. 😂 👕 Shop: Cotton Branch Store⁠ #RadicalizedByBasicDecency

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 05/10/2026

It starts with “just one pig.” Then somehow you’re rearranging your life around three… or seven. 😂🐷💗 If you know, you know. Pig math is VERY real. #PigLife #RescuePigs #CottonBranch

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 05/10/2026

Your legacy is being written in ordinary encounters. It lives in who felt safer, seen, or less alone because you were here. That is a life worth building. 🕯️ How did your presence affect another life this week? #CottonBranch #LegacyOfCare #LeaveSafetyBehind

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 04/10/2026

The light you carry was never meant to stop with you. Offer it through patience, truth, protection, or a simple act of care. Someone may find their way because you did. 🕯️ How will you pass it on today? #CottonBranch #CarryTheLight #PassItOn

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 04/10/2026

Generosity should not require disappearing from your own life. Give what you can with an open heart, then honor the limits that keep your kindness sustainable. 💚 Where can care and capacity meet? #CottonBranch #GiveWithinYourMeans #SustainableKindness

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 03/10/2026

We’ve been a little quiet because it’s been a WEEK. Between medical barn contractors and repair plans, we’ve had our hands full. Then Clover moved in with Jolene. Five minutes later: “Best friends?” “Best friends.” “Snack?” “Obviously.” 🐷❤️🐷 Sometimes friendship really is medicine.

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 03/10/2026

Caring deeply can bruise the heart, but numbness is not the only protection. Rest, repair, and keep your compassion. The world needs it alive. 🐾 What helps restore your heart? #CottonBranch #KeepCaring #TenderHearted

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 03/10/2026

Not everything beautiful must become yours. You can admire the sky, respect an animal, celebrate another person's gift, and let each remain free. Wonder does not require possession. 🌙 What beauty did you simply witness today? #CottonBranch #NoticeWithoutTaking #BeautyBelongs

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 02/10/2026

Readiness often arrives after the first step, not before it. Begin with the courage you have, even if it feels small and borrowed. 🚶 What have you been waiting to feel ready for? #CottonBranch #StartBeforeReady #CourageBeginsHere

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 02/10/2026

A new month does not require a new personality, perfect plan, or dramatic promise. Begin October as yourself, carrying what worked and loosening what did not. 🎃 What intention feels honest for this month? #CottonBranch #BeginFromHere #OctoberIntentions

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 01/10/2026

Some days are not for conquering. They are for getting through without abandoning yourself. If today is heavy, surviving it with tenderness is enough. 💙 What do you need to make this day gentler? #CottonBranch #HardDaysCountToo #SurvivingIsEnough

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 01/10/2026

As September closes, thank the version of you who carried all its ordinary burdens. You may not have handled every moment perfectly, but you brought yourself here. 🍂 What would you tell the person you were one month ago? #CottonBranch #ThankYourPastSelf #MonthEndReflection

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 30/09/2026

Wishless Wednesday, Cotton Branch family! 🐷 Can 10 people buy omeprazole from our Amazon wish list today? We use it daily, and an omeprazole delivery makes us embarrassingly happy. 😂 f.mtr.cool/fpzlskgxvy Thank you for caring for these amazing animals. 💚

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 30/09/2026

Purpose is not always a grand calling. It may be feeding someone, protecting one vulnerable life, or making one corner of the world less cruel. 🐷 What small act feels meaningful to you today? #CottonBranch #PurposeInTheSmall #SmallActsMatter

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 30/09/2026

You do not have to wait until you are overwhelmed to admit you need care. Hunger, exhaustion, loneliness, and fear are messages, not moral failures. Listen before they must shout. 🫶 What need have you been minimizing? #CottonBranch #NameWhatYouNeed #CareBeforeCrisis

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 29/09/2026

T-Shirt Tuesday is officially a thing. 😂 From now through GivingTuesday: 10 Tuesdays, 10 new Cotton Branch designs. #1: human · kind (be both) Black, Blue Jean, Ivory, Moss & Pepper. Which one are you grabbing? f.mtr.cool/m3qu9ryu6w

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 29/09/2026

After an exhaustive pricing review, Cotton Branch Email & Text Family membership remains $0.00. 😂 No dues. No fees. Just sanctuary news, emergencies, events and animal updates, with the big stuff first. Join: f.mtr.cool/ac1otcw66i

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 29/09/2026

Community is not only who celebrates your wins. It is who notices the load, moves closer, and says, “Give me part of that.” 🫂 Who has helped carry you when life became heavy? #CottonBranch #CommunityCarriesUs #StrongerTogether

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 29/09/2026

Being alone tonight does not have to mean being abandoned. Solitude can be the room where your own voice becomes audible again. Sit beside yourself without trying to escape. 🌌 What do you hear in the quiet? #CottonBranch #PeaceInSolitude #ComeHomeToYou

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 28/09/2026

Slowness can be a form of wisdom. A life built carefully may take longer, but it gives your heart time to arrive with you. 🐌 Where would moving slowly serve you better? #CottonBranch #SlowIsStillMoving #MoveWithIntention

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 28/09/2026

Some chapters need a clear ending. Not every door should remain cracked open, and not every story needs another explanation. Closure can be an act of self-respect. 📕 What are you ready to finish with grace? #CottonBranch #HonorTheEnding #CloseWithGrace

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 27/09/2026

Gratitude does not require denying what hurts. A hard life can still contain a beautiful hour. Both truths are allowed at the same table. 🍁 #CottonBranch #GratitudeWithDepth #HoldBothTruths

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 27/09/2026

No act of care stands alone. The meal you shared, life you protected, or encouragement you offered became part of something larger than you could see. 🧵 Where did you add goodness today? #CottonBranch #YourPartMatters #SharedGoodness

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 26/09/2026

You are not a failed final draft. You are a living work in progress, allowed to revise, deepen, surprise yourself, and begin another page. 📖 Which part of your story are you still writing? #CottonBranch #BeautifullyUnfinished #KeepBecoming

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 26/09/2026

Laughter does not disrespect the hard things you have survived. It proves they did not take every part of you. If something made you laugh today, let that joy count. 😂 What brought out your real laugh? #CottonBranch #JoySurvived #LetYourselfLaugh

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 26/09/2026

Jolene is teaching Clover that compassion isn’t that scary ❤️ Clover has skin issues but she is doing sooo much better. We love you Clover! #cottonbranch #pigrescue #radicalgenerosity

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 25/09/2026

Hope is not pretending everything will be fine. It is choosing one life-giving action while the outcome is still uncertain. Hope gets its hands dirty. 🌱 How will you practice hope today? #CottonBranch #PracticeHope #HopeHasHands

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 25/09/2026

Just a pig building his nest… ❤️🐷❤️

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 25/09/2026

Someone else's opinion may have followed you around all day. You do not have to offer it a bed tonight. Let their judgment end at the door and return to what you know is true. 🚪 Whose voice are you ready to quiet? #CottonBranch #ReleaseTheirOpinion #ReturnToYourself

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 24/09/2026

Peace grows when your choices and your values stop arguing with each other. Choose the action that lets you recognize yourself afterward. 🧭 Where can you be more honest with yourself today? #CottonBranch #LiveWithIntegrity #ChooseWhatIsTrue

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 24/09/2026

Pressure reveals what comfort can hide. If you chose compassion when cruelty was easier, honesty when silence was safer, or fairness when nobody checked, honor that tonight. ⚖️ Which value guided you today? #CottonBranch #ValuesInAction #IntegrityAfterDark

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 23/09/2026

Asking for help is not failing to carry your weight. It is trusting someone enough to let them stand beside you. We were never meant to survive everything alone. 🤝 Who makes it safe for you to ask? #CottonBranch #AskForHelp #WeNeedEachOther

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 23/09/2026

WE DID IT! 🐷💛 You unlocked the full $3,000 match for our medical barn. That brings us to $6,189.23, including the match. Thank you, Cotton Branch family! We’re still working toward the $7,000 goal we shared. Want to keep helping? givebutter.com/medbarn

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 23/09/2026

Sometimes the greatest gift you gave today was your full attention. Being heard can return a little dignity to a person who felt forgotten. Presence can be a form of love. 👂💛 When did you truly listen? #CottonBranch #ListenWithLove #PresenceIsAGift

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 22/09/2026

Join the Cotton Branch family. The easy version. 😂 No reunion. No casserole assignment. No awkward questions. Just sanctuary news, animal updates, events and emergencies, with the big stuff first. Goal: 10 new folks by Thursday. f.mtr.cool/h4r9td0erp

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 22/09/2026

Do not wait for a milestone to decide your life matters. This ordinary morning is part of the story too. Be here for it. 🌄 What small moment do you want to remember from today? #CottonBranch #OrdinaryIsBeautiful #LifeIsHappening

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 22/09/2026

You are allowed to end today knowing something different than you knew this morning. Changing your mind after listening and learning is not weakness. It is growth with its eyes open. 👀 What made you think differently today? #CottonBranch #StayCurious #RoomToChange

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 21/09/2026

Listen to the way you speak to yourself when something goes wrong. You deserve the same patience you would offer someone you love. 🫶 What would a kinder inner voice say this morning? #CottonBranch #SpeakToYourselfKindly #InnerVoiceMatters

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 21/09/2026

Care often looks ordinary from the outside: cleaning, checking, feeding, calling, remembering. Never underestimate the invisible work that kept someone going today. 🧡 What quiet work deserves recognition tonight? #CottonBranch #InvisibleWork #WhatCareRequires

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 20/09/2026

Change can feel like loss before it feels like possibility. Give your heart time to catch up with the life unfolding around you. 🍂 What change are you learning to welcome? #CottonBranch #WelcomeTheChange #GrowingIntoNew

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 20/09/2026

The world becomes gentler whenever someone feels safe in your presence. Animals know it. People know it. Safety is love made visible through patience and respect. 🐾 How did you help another life feel safe today? #CottonBranch #BeASafePlace #GentlenessProtects

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 19/09/2026

When we reach $3,000 in community gifts, the full anonymous match brings us to $6,000 toward rebuilding. Maybe your piece is $5, $10 or $20. Venmo: @cottonbranch, code 1802 Cash App: $CBFarmSanctuary Adam couldn’t walk. And then he did.

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 19/09/2026

Adam once lost the use of all 4 legs. Our soft stall medical bay became his lifeline. With medication + physical therapy, he started moving again. Then he started walking. 💖 Now part of that medical space is gone. We’re at $2,596.33 and only $403.67 from $3,000. paypal.me/cottonbranch 👇

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 19/09/2026

Kindness is rarely wasted. You may never see where it lands, but a gentle word can interrupt someone's hardest hour. Be the unexpected softness in another person's day. 🤲 Who could use encouragement from you? #CottonBranch #KindnessLeavesTracks #CareChangesThings

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Cotton Branch Refuge Project @cottonbranch.org · 19/09/2026

We started to write a caption for this… but honestly, we think the song says everything that needs to be said. ❤️🐷 #Glorious #CottonBranch #PigRescue

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